PFH1180475: Thailand: Buddha figures in the cloister surrounding the old chedi at Wat Yang Kuang, Suriyawong Road, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180511: Laos: Launching krathongs on the Mekhong River, Bun Nam festival (Lao Loy Krathong), Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180516: India: The Dargah Sharif of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180533: Palestine: A married Palestinian woman, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180543: Palestine: A young Palestinian woman of Bethlehem, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180560: India: Pilgrim at the Dargah Sharif of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180577: Palestine: Two young Palestinian women wearing veils, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180602: Thailand: Early morning mist shrouds the vale of Chiang Dao, Doi Chiang Dao (Chiang Dao Mountain) rising in the background, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180626: Sri Lanka: Jama-ul-Affar Mosque, Colombo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180388: Thailand: Early morning elephant trekking next to the Pai River near Mae Hong Son, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180435: Thailand: The parade arrives bringing the box containing the Phra Bot (the Buddha banner), Pu Sae, Ya Sae Festival, Tambon Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180437: Thailand: Box containing the Phra Bot (the Buddha banner), Pu Sae, Ya Sae Festival, Tambon Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180464: Thailand: Part of a 19th century folk song or rhyme written in Northern Thai script / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180476: Thailand: Buddha in Abhaya Mudra in the cloister surrounding the old chedi at Wat Yang Kuang, Suriyawong Road, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180513: Laos: Large Bun Nam float on the Mekong River, Bun Nam festival, Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180535: Palestine: Three Palestinian women grinding corn, Ramallah, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180554: China: Children at the entrance to their square Hakka Tower (tulou) near Hukeng, Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180603: Thailand: The view from Doi Chiang Dao (Chiang Dao Mountain) as forest fires burn below, Chiang Dao, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180625: Sri Lanka: Muslim schoolchildren near Nuwara Eliya / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180655: China: Naxi man with his pet goshawk in Lijiang Old Town, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180728: Palestine: A Palestinian woman of Nazareth posing with a water pot on her head, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180794: Sri Lanka: Muslim students at Galle Face at sunset, Colombo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180804: Palestine: A young Palestinian woman posing with a water bottle on her head, Nazareth, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180813: Palestine: The vicinity of Damascus Gate, c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180833: China: Gourd instruments for sale at the Bird and Flower Market in the Old Muslim Quarter on Jingxing Road off Zheng Yi Road, Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180849: China: Renmin Gongyuan (People's Park) plays host to a variety of early morning exercise activities including Qigong and T'ai Chi. Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180862: Thailand: Spirit house in the evening sun, Ao Chalok Ban Kao, Ko Tao (Turtle Island), southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180868: Thailand: Ao Chalok Ban Kao, Ko Tao (Turtle Island), southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180882: Thailand: Hat Ao Mae, Ko Tao (Turtle Island), southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180890: Philippines: Princess Radja Putri, wife of the Sultan Maguguina, Cotabato, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180918: Vietnam: Communist propaganda poster - 'Ready to Protect the Fatherland' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180629: Thailand: A more than 100 year old lacquer betel set with silver lime pot, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180665: Turkey: A Muslim mullah flanked by two Christian priests, Ottoman Empire, possibly Konya, c. late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180678: Palestine: Palestinian men relaxing at a Jerusalem coffee house while smoking water pipes, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180751: Burma / Myanmar: Children performing a musical entertainment, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180761: Thailand: King Mangrai's pillar, Ratchadamnoen Avenue, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images